Publisher, Educator, Photographer

Biography

I co-founded Besides Press, a non-profit dedicated to publishing photobooks by emerging artists and running arts workshops. Before that, I worked as deputy editor at Loupe magazine, where I curated and edited web and print content.

As a writer I have contributed to various platforms including British Journal of Photography, Pupil Sphere and Splash and Grab, and as a photographic artist I have created a range of projects including documentary portraiture, still life and works of text-based art.

As an educator, I lectured at City of Liverpool College on the HNC and HND photography courses, before taking over as course leader. I have also worked at Hereford College of Arts on the Foundation Art course, and at UWE's BA photography programme.

Over the last few years I have worked with refugee charities, and I now apply my visual storytelling skills to humanitarian organisations.

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Education

- MA Photography, University of the West of England, Distinction
- BA (Hons) Photography, University of the West of England, First Class
- Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, HCA, Distinction

Work

- Besides Press, Co-Founder, May 2020 - Ongoing
- Action Asylum and Refugees Roack, Media Officer, May 2024 - Ongoing
- City of Liverpool College, Lecturer and course leader in HE Photography, September 2021 - July 2023
- Loupe Magazine, Deputy Editor, July 2017 - June 2021
- University if the West of England, Programme Support Assistant, September 2019 - August 2020
- Hereford College of Arts, Teaching Assistant, March - August 2019
- Design by Victoria, May - August 2016

Selected Exhibitions

- Open Eye, Liverpool Region Photo Awards, 2023
- Many Voices, One Nation, Commissioned by Ffotogallery and the Welsh National Assembly, The Senedd and 3 other venues across Wales 2019
- Foundation Exhibition: New Photographers from the South-West, Chrono Collective, The Poly, Falmouth, 2018
- Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography, JCDecaux Screens, Nationwide, 2017
- TONIC Exhibition, UWE Photography Degree show, Candid Arts Gallery, London, 2017
- Apostate, Solo Pop Up Show, Humanist Convention, Conway Hall, London, 2017

Awards/Grants

- Open Eye, Liverpool Region Photo Awards, Urban Living Category winner, 2023
- Many Voices, One Nation, 2019
- Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography, 2017
- GoGlobal Award, Grant, 2017

Features/Interviews (click to view)

- Linseed Jouenal, Feature, Print, 2022
British Journal of Photography, Feature, Online and Print, 2021
- Photomonitor, Feature, Online, 2021
- Der Grief, Guest Room, Selected By Mirjam Kooiman, 2021
- Pupil Sphere, Advice for Graduates, 2020
- Lamono Magazine, Issue 116, Interview Print, 2018
- British Journal of Photography, Interview, Online, 2018
- FotoRoom, Online, Interview, 2018
- Pupil Sphere, Online, Interview, 2018
- Coeval, Online, Interview, 2018
- Intern, Online, Interview, 2018
- Another Place, Online, 2018
- C41, Online, 2018
- Lenscratch, Online, 2018
- Creative Boom, Online, 2018
- The Eye of Photography, Online, 2018
- Then There Was Us, Online, 2018

Talks / Workshops
- Boomsatsuma, Besides Press Workshop, 2022
- Hereford College of Arts, BA Photography, 2018, 2021
- Hereford College of Arts, Foundation in Art and Design, Folly Arts Campus, 2017, 2020
- University of the West of England, BA Photography, 2017

Harry Flook

An Embarrassment of Theories